Performing The World

Don't miss the early bird deadline, this Sunday, Sept 8
Early Registration Fee: $200 | $160 | $85 | Pay what you can
Full Fee: $225 | $185 | $95
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Facing a repressive neo-colonial government that has sold its soul to the foreign oil industry, its financial independence to the International Monetary Fund, and is ineffective against the Boko Haram terrorists in the north, the people of Nigeria are in the midst of their second youth-led uprising in four years. Even as they “Fight the Power” in the streets, they are “Creating the Power” at the grassroots. This session brings together five of those helping to generate people’s power on the ground.

Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/performing-the-world-2024

Organized and hosted by Elizabeth Adams Oyarese, founder of Linking Circles Academy, alumna of the East Side Institute’s International Class, brigadier of the Global Play Brigade, ambassador of Street Project Foundation and the secretary general of its Youth Advisory Board.

Meet: Gift Chikere (aka The Gift), an alumni of Street Project Foundation, has spearheaded the organization of ARTvocacy, which grew out of the 2020 youth uprising against police violence and extrajudicial killing; Oladoyin Idowu is the founder and director of One Word Africa, dedicated to raising awareness about dyslexia in Nigeria and throughout Africa; Aminat Abdulsalam, is the founder of Techkiddies, an organization which works to make Nigerian kids tech-savvy “one byte at a time;” Samuel James Femi, professional dancer and founder of DeafCanDance, brings deaf youth throughout Nigeria into skilled dance companies; Zakari Emmanuel, a spoken world poet, an alumni of ARTvocacy and Executive Director of youth-led, Udama for Africa.

Despite years of growing authoritarianism, despite a governing party that has for over a decade been cultivating a political and cultural environment conducive to violent attacks on Muslims, lower caste people, and women, despite economic policies favoring the rich and further disempowering the poor, ordinary people throughout India are finding ways to work together to help each other and create power at the grassroots.

Welcome to the PTW stage, grassroots leaders, community builders and innovators who are transforming culture, from the bottom up... in India! Learn more: https://ow.ly/NcSJ50SXgV8

Hosted by: Ish*ta Sanyal, founder and leader of Turning Point, a drop-in center that provides a safe and supportive environment for people with serious mental illness. Recipient, 2024 Shane J. Lopez Award for Professional Contributions in Positive Psychology, American Psychological Association.

Alokananda Roy, an internationally celebrated Indian classical dancer, choreographer, dance educator, therapist, and a social reformer bringing dance therapy to prison inmates at the West Bengal Corrections Home, the Alipre Women’s Correctional Home, as well as the transgender community, Acid Attack Survivors of West Bengal—and to the Kolkata Police Force.

Juin Dutt, president and founder, the Srotpshwini Trust, which runs two free educational programs for children living on the streets, as well as a skills training program for women.

Subhadip Sen, founder and director, Peace Welfare Organization, Rupnarayanpur, West Bengal, which runs a free night school for children who work in the coal mines during the day. The school provides not only free education but free food for the often-hungry child laborers.

Chaitali Gami, founder, Parivaar Bengal, West Bengal’s largest residential educational institution, serving 1,200 orphans, street children, children abandoned by their mothers, children with critically-ill parents who can’t care for them.

Reshmi Chatterjee, founder of Halo Heritage, which works to preserve and promote the art, culture & craftsmanship of traditional artisans of Bengal

Welcome to the PTW stage, South Africa's Windybrow Arts Centre. Located in the densely populated, poor and vibrant Hillbrow neighborhood of Johannesburg, we will get closer to their powerful work transforming the impact of colonial and apartheid legacies.

Associated with the world-famous Market Theatre, discover its cultural impact on thousands of people with free performance and other arts programming, generating a rainbow of socially engaged plays, performance pieces, music and street theatre.

Join us: https://ow.ly/Rawb50SNrPu

Join the Performing the World global gathering and host a Watch Party! Gather your family, friends, colleagues, students, or community members and experience together the power and connection being created at the grassroots. See how global leaders and ordinary people are building from the bottom up to create the power for social change and human development.

Host a watch party and be part of this transformative event! Contact [email protected]
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From the U.S. we will meet Performing Our Future, a multiracial coalition linking communities from rural Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky to communities in Milwaukee and Baltimore - unified by working together, through culture, toward a future where everyone belongs and everyone’s contribution matters and where, in their words, “together we own what we make.”
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Watch this short clip of their story where they began in Letcher County, Kentucky, in the midst of the collapse of the century-old coal mono-economy ...

Building and creating in the midst of such painful life events. I'm so looking forward to meeting them. I hope you join me.

Join Performing the World, a 4-day global happening,and host a Watch Party! Gather your family, friends, colleagues, students, or community members and experience together the power and connection being created at the grassroots. See how global leaders and ordinary people are building from the bottom up to create the power for social change and human development.

Host a watch party and be part of this transformative event! Contact [email protected]
https://ow.ly/rNAf50SBTCi

In 2014, young activists founded the Mathare Social Justice Centre to champion participatory justice and social movement throughout Africa. Join us at PTW and meet, connect and learn about their leadership. ✊🌍
Sign up: https://ow.ly/7iS850Sz6WN

On April 24, 2024, a devastating flood struck Mathare and Getathuru rivers in Nairobi, Kenya, claiming nearly 200 lives and displacing 200,000 people. Watch this video of MSJC's tireless work for social justice and community empowerment.

PTW welcomes back 🎶🎤 🎼 ! They have enriched and transformed the lives of over 40,000 people with music. Their work in Nepal is but one example, we invite you to watch this video...
Join us Sept 26-29 at PTW 2024: https://ow.ly/RvL450SjHf0

PTW RESCHEDULED: NEW DATES ANNOUNCED

Dear Community, please be advised that the dates for Performing the World have been changed to better accommodate our diverse community. The new dates are September 26 - 29. Please update your calendars. We look forward to seeing you at PTW. Warm regards, The Performing the World Organizing Team
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